The D0 Institutional Board approved this proposal on April 25, 2001.

Note that item A of the Proposal establishes a 6th category of service
work that can be use to qualify for authorship in D0.


             Proposal for theorist/phenomenologist or
           accelerator physicist collaboration in DZero.

The inclusion of theorists or accelerator physicists in large collider
collaborations is becoming more common.   We know of theorists who are
full members of DZero (Run I), CDF, BaBar and presumably ATLAS/CMS
will continue their current association with theorists when they reach
the publication phase.  We believe that there can be good reasons for
DZero to continue this practice for Run II, but that we should have
some explicit guidelines.

There are also legitimate reasons for accelerator physicists (mostly
at the laboratories) to be connected with an experiment.  Many have a
strong background in experimental particle physics that they wish to
continue.  Also, with needs arising to develop new accelerator systems
for forthcoming runs, there may be an increasing number of 'regular'
DZero collaborators who choose to work on accelerator projects as a
means to get new high quality data.

In either case, the general criterion for inclusion of theorists or
accelerator physicists should be their intent to participate broadly
in the life of the experiment.  Narrowly defined associations for
specific analyses or technical projects should not constitute the basis
for full authorship rights, but our current rules allow authorship
of specific papers where there are special contributions.


The proposal:

A.  Inclusion of theorists/accelerator physicists on the author list.

    We propose that the standard rules recently adopted for Run II
    publications be retained, with one additional category of service.
    For inclusion on the author list, the present rules require
    service work in any
    of 5 categories.  These include (1) detector work, (2) software,
    3) Monte Carlo processing,  (4) taking shifts and (5) management.
    We propose that these categories be kept for qualification and
    that one additional category be added:

    "6.  Working on accelerator issues related to delivery
       and monitoring of colliding beams to the DZero experiment."

    (We foresee that this last category could be applicable to
    traditional experimental physicists as well as accelerator
    physicists, and could be a welcome contribution to the experiment.)

B.  A theorist or accelerator physicist member of DZero should come
    from a member institution of DZero. ( We do not envision a member
    institution whose individuals are wholly or dominantly
    theorists/accelerator physicists.)

C.  Theory/phemomenologist members of DZero shall agree that their
    knowledge of and involvement with planned or ongoing preliminary
    data analyses shall not be used for preparing publications or
    preprints prior to publication of those results by the full DZero
    collaboration.

D.  Both theory and accelerator physicists authors are expected to
    participate broadly in the technical and physics aspects of the
    experiment, through hardware tests, software preparation, data
    analyses, editorial boards, or simulations etc.

E.  Masthead

    We propose that to be added to the masthead, a prospective theory
    or accelerator physics collaborator should indicate a reasonable
    expectation to fulfill the service requirements that would lead to
    certification as an author.  (What we have in mind here is that
    DZero would want to expect a lasting association with sensible
    integration into the life of the experiment -- not a temporary
    alliance or one based upon rather narrow technical or physics
    interests.)   We recognize however, that inclusion on the masthead
    has traditionally been done on the advice of each institutional
    representative, taking into account the specific situation at that
    institution.